Amanda Burden: How public spaces make cities work

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譯者: Marssi Draw 審譯者: Geoff Chen
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When people think about cities,
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當人們想到城市時,
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they tend to think of certain things.
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都會想到某些事物,
00:17
They think of buildings and streets
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他們會想到建築、街道、
00:19
and skyscrapers, noisy cabs.
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摩天大樓和吵雜的計程車。
00:21
But when I think about cities,
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但是當我想到城市,
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I think about people.
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我會想到人。
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Cities are fundamentally about people,
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基本上,城市與人有關,
00:29
and where people go
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大家上哪去、
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and where people meet
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在哪碰面
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are at the core of what makes a city work.
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都是位在城市運作的樞紐位置。
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So even more important than buildings in a city
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因此在城市中比建築還重要的是
00:39
are the public spaces in between them.
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在建築之間的公共空間。
00:42
And today, some of the most transformative
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現今在城市中變化最大的部分
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changes in cities
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00:46
are happening in these public spaces.
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正是發生在這些公共空間中。
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So I believe that lively, enjoyable public spaces
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因此我相信怡人又宜居的公共空間
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are the key to planning a great city.
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是設計卓越城市的關鍵。
00:56
They are what makes it come alive.
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讓城市活躍起來的即是公共空間。
01:00
But what makes a public space work?
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那是什麼讓公共空間發揮效用?
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What attracts people to successful public spaces,
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吸引人們到優良公共空間的是什麼?
01:07
and what is it about unsuccessful places
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讓人們遠離不良空間的因素又是什麼?
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that keeps people away?
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01:12
I thought, if I could answer those questions,
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我想如果我能回答那些問題,
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I could make a huge contribution to my city.
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我就能為所在城市貢獻良多。
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But one of the more wonky things about me
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但有件較怪的事情是
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is that I am an animal behaviorist,
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我是動物行為學家,
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and I use those skills not to study animal behavior
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我運用這些技能 不是為了研究動物行為,
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but to study how people in cities
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而是研究城市中的人類
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use city public spaces.
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如何使用城市的公共空間。
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One of the first spaces that I studied
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我最早期研究的空間之一
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was this little vest pocket park called Paley Park
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就是這個袖珍型的公園, 稱為帕里公園,
01:40
in midtown Manhattan.
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位在曼哈頓市區。
01:43
This little space became a small phenomenon,
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這小巧的空間成了一個小奇蹟,
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and because it had such a profound impact
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而因為它對紐約人 帶來如此深遠的影響,
01:50
on New Yorkers,
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01:51
it made an enormous impression on me.
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因此這座公園讓我印象十分深刻。
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I studied this park very early on in my career
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在我職涯早期, 我便開始研究這座公園,
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because it happened to have been built
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因為建造它的人剛好是
01:59
by my stepfather,
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我的繼父,
02:01
so I knew that places like Paley Park
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因此我知道像帕里公園這樣的地方
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didn't happen by accident.
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並非偶然。
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I saw firsthand that they required
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我直接看到他們需要
02:09
incredible dedication
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對細節有無比的投入和關注。
02:10
and enormous attention to detail.
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02:13
But what was it about this space
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但是什麼讓這空間
02:15
that made it special and drew people to it?
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如此特別且吸引人前往?
02:19
Well, I would sit in the park and watch very carefully,
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嗯,我會坐在公園裡仔細觀察,
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and first among other things
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最首要的是
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were the comfortable, movable chairs.
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舒適的活動座椅。
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People would come in, find their own seat,
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人們會進入公園,找到自己的座位,
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move it a bit, actually, and then stay a while,
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其實會稍微移動,然後停留一陣子,
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and then interestingly,
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接著有趣的是
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people themselves attracted other people,
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人們會吸引其他人;
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and ironically, I felt more peaceful
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而諷刺的是,我會覺得更加平靜,
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if there were other people around.
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只要身旁還有其他人在。
02:42
And it was green.
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還有綠意。
02:44
This little park provided what New Yorkers crave:
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這小巧的公園提供了紐約人所渴求的:
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comfort and greenery.
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舒適與綠色植物。
02:50
But my question was,
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但我的問題是
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why weren't there more places with greenery
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為什麼沒有更多綠色植物,
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and places to sit in the middle of the city
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以及能在城市中心安坐的地方,
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where you didn't feel alone,
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讓你身在其中不覺得孤單,
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or like a trespasser?
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或是像個侵入者?
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Unfortunately, that's not how cities
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遺憾的是,
城市並非依此規劃。
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were being designed.
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03:07
So here you see a familiar sight.
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你可以在這裡看見一個熟悉的畫面。
03:10
This is how plazas have been designed for generations.
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這是好幾個世代以來 大廈設計的模式。
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They have that stylish, Spartan look
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這種流行、簡約的樣貌
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that we often associate with modern architecture,
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讓我們常和現代建築聯想在一塊,
03:21
but it's not surprising that people
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但不意外的是
人們會遠離像這樣的空間。
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avoid spaces like this.
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03:26
They not only look desolate,
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那裡看起來人煙稀少,
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they feel downright dangerous.
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感覺十分危險。
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I mean, where would you sit here?
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我是說,你在這裡時會坐哪邊?
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What would you do here?
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你會在這裡做什麼?
03:36
But architects love them.
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但建築師愛那些地方。
03:40
They are plinths for their creations.
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那是他們的創意基礎。
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They might tolerate a sculpture or two,
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他們也許要容忍一、兩個雕塑,
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but that's about it.
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但僅此而已。
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And for developers, they are ideal.
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對開發商來說非常完美。
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There's nothing to water, nothing to maintain,
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不需要澆水、不用維護,
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and no undesirable people to worry about.
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也沒有煩人的討厭鬼。
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But don't you think this is a waste?
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但是你不覺得這是種浪費嗎?
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For me, becoming a city planner
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對我來說,成為城市規劃師
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meant being able to truly change the city
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意謂著能真的改變城市,
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that I lived in and loved.
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我居住和深愛的城市。
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I wanted to be able to create places
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我希望打造出的地方
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that would give you the feeling that you got
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也能讓你擁有帕里公園 帶來的同樣感受,
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in Paley Park,
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04:13
and not allow developers to build bleak plazas like this.
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並且阻止開發商建造 像這樣冷冰冰的大廈。
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But over the many years,
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但是經過許多年後,
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I have learned how hard it is
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我意識到很難
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to create successful, meaningful,
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創造成功、有意義,
又怡人的公共空間。
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enjoyable public spaces.
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04:27
As I learned from my stepfather,
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我向繼父學習時,
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they certainly do not happen by accident,
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這些事發生並非偶然,
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especially in a city like New York,
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尤其在像紐約這樣的城市,
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where public space has to be fought for to begin with,
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需極力爭取才能打造公共空間,
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and then for them to be successful,
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為了讓事情圓滿達成,
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somebody has to think very hard
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得有人絞盡腦汁思考
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about every detail.
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每一個細節。
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Now, open spaces in cities are opportunities.
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城市中的開放空間都是機會。
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Yes, they are opportunities for commercial investment,
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沒錯,它們是商業投資的機會,
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but they are also opportunities for the common good
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但是這些機會也都是
這座城市的公共利益,
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of the city,
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and those two goals are often not aligned with one another,
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那兩項目標常背道而馳,
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and therein lies the conflict.
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衝突就因此而生。
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The first opportunity I had to fight
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我首次得爭取的機會
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for a great public open space was in the early 1980s,
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是 1980 年代早期的 一項大型公共開放空間,
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when I was leading a team of planners
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當時我帶領了一組規劃團隊,
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at a gigantic landfill called Battery Park City
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位於名叫砲台公園城 的巨型垃圾掩埋場,
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in lower Manhattan on the Hudson River.
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就在曼哈頓的哈德遜河岸邊。
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And this sandy wasteland had lain barren
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這塊沙質荒地已荒廢了
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for 10 years,
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十年之久,
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and we were told, unless we found a developer
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有人說,除非我們找到開發商,
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in six months, it would go bankrupt.
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不然在六個月內 這塊地就會完全枯竭了。
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So we came up with a radical,
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因此我們想到的是一個極端,
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almost insane idea.
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近乎瘋狂的想法。
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Instead of building a park
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與其蓋一座公園
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as a complement to future development,
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讓它成為未來發展的一部分,
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why don't we reverse that equation
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我們何不翻轉那個機制,
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and build a small but very high-quality
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改為先建造小巧、高質感的
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public open space first,
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公共開放空間,
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and see if that made a difference.
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看看能不能帶來什麼變化。
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So we only could afford to build a two-block section
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我們只能建設兩個街區的大小,
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of what would become a mile-long esplanade,
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──後來成為一哩長的濱海遊憩區──
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so whatever we built had to be perfect.
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因此不管我們蓋什麼, 都要非常完美才行。
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So just to make sure, I insisted
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為了確定這件事,
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that we build a mock-up
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我堅持要蓋一個木造實體模型,
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in wood, at scale, of the railing and the sea wall.
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設有欄杆和防波堤。
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And when I sat down on that test bench
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當我坐在測試的長凳上時,
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with sand still swirling all around me,
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身旁還有漫天飛舞的沙子,
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the railing hit exactly at eye level,
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欄杆剛好位在眼睛的高度,
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blocking my view and ruining my experience
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阻礙了我的視線,而且也破壞了
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at the water's edge.
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我在水岸邊的體驗。
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So you see, details really do make a difference.
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你可以看到細節真的大有影響。
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But design is not just how something looks,
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但設計不只是關於 東西看起來的樣子,
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it's how your body feels on that seat in that space,
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也關於你在那個空間裡 坐在椅子上的身體感受,
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and I believe that successful design always depends
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我相信成功的設計
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on that very individual experience.
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永遠取決於個人的體驗。
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In this photo, everything looks very finished,
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在這張照片中, 每樣東西看起來都完工了,
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but that granite edge, those lights,
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但是花崗岩的邊緣、那些燈光、
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the back on that bench,
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長凳的椅背、
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the trees in planting,
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栽植的樹木,
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and the many different kinds of places to sit
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以及在各種地方的座位,
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were all little battles that turned this project
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都是這些小挑戰讓計畫煥然一新,
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into a place that people wanted to be.
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成為大家都想去的地方。
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Now, this proved very valuable 20 years later
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20 年後,證明了這十分珍貴,
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when Michael Bloomberg asked me to be
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當時麥克.彭博邀請我擔任
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his planning commissioner
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都市計劃局長,
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and put me in charge of shaping
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讓我負責塑造
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the entire city of New York.
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整座紐約市。
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And he said to me on that very day,
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在那個特別的日子裡,他告訴我,
07:11
he said that New York was projected
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過去紐約是設計成
07:13
to grow from eight to nine million people.
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讓市民從八百萬人 發展為九百萬人的地方。
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And he asked me,
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他問我:
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"So where are you going to put
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「你打算把那多出來的 一百萬名紐約客放在哪裡?」
07:20
one million additional New Yorkers?"
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07:22
Well, I didn't have any idea.
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嗯,我當時毫無頭緒。
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Now, you know that New York does
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你知道紐約
07:28
place a high value on attracting immigrants,
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非常重視吸引外來人口,
07:31
so we were excited about the prospect of growth,
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因此,我們對於發展前景非常興奮,
07:34
but honestly, where were we going to grow
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但老實說,我們在哪裡發展
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in a city that was already built out to its edges
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這座已經建設到邊緣
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and surrounded by water?
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且被水環繞的城市?
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How were we going to find housing
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我們要怎麼找出
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for that many new New Yorkers?
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新進紐約客的居所?
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And if we couldn't spread out,
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如果我們不能擴展
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which was probably a good thing,
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──那大概會是件好事──
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where could new housing go?
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那我們要把新房子安置何處?
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And what about cars?
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那車子怎麼辦?
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Our city couldn't possibly handle any more cars.
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我們的城市不可能再負擔更多車子了。
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So what were we going to do?
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那我們要怎麼辦?
08:02
If we couldn't spread out, we had to go up.
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如果我們無法擴展,我們就得向上攀伸。
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And if we had to go up,
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如果我們得向上攀伸,
08:07
we had to go up in places
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我們就必須在
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where you wouldn't need to own a car.
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你不需要有車的地方攀伸。
08:11
So that meant using one of our greatest assets:
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因此那代表了要運用 我們最重要的資產之一:
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our transit system.
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我們的運輸系統。
08:16
But we had never before thought
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但我們過去從沒想過
08:17
of how we could make the most of it.
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我們能如何充分運用運輸系統。
08:20
So here was the answer to our puzzle.
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因此,這就是我們拼圖的關鍵。
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If we were to channel and redirect
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如果我們要重新引導
08:27
all new development around transit,
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所有新的開發繞著運輸進行,
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we could actually handle that population increase,
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我們就能面對人口成長,
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we thought.
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這是我們的想法。
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And so here was the plan,
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就是這份計畫,
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what we really needed to do:
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我們確實要做的是:
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We needed to redo our zoning --
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我們需要重劃區域,
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and zoning is the city planner's regulatory tool --
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──區域劃分是都市規劃師的管控方式──
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and basically reshape the entire city,
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基本上要重新塑造整座城市,
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targeting where new development could go
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著眼在新開發能往何處發展,
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and prohibiting any development at all
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全面禁止任何開發,
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in our car-oriented,
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在當前這片以車輛為導向的
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suburban-style neighborhoods.
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郊區風格街坊之中。
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Well, this was an unbelievably ambitious idea,
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這是種非常驚人的雄心壯志,
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ambitious because communities
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說雄心壯志,是因為社區
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had to approve those plans.
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必須認可那些計畫。
09:06
So how was I going to get this done?
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那我要怎麼完成這件事?
09:09
By listening. So I began listening,
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透過聆聽。 我開始聆聽,
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in fact, thousands of hours of listening
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其實我聆聽了上千小時,
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just to establish trust.
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只為了能取得信任。
09:17
You know, communities can tell
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社區可以分辨得出來
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whether or not you understand their neighborhoods.
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你是否真的了解他們的街坊。
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It's not something you can just fake.
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那是假裝不了的事。
09:24
And so I began walking.
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因此我開始步行。
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I can't tell you how many blocks I walked,
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我不知道自己到底走了多少街區,
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in sweltering summers, in freezing winters,
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在汗流浹背的夏天、寒風刺骨的冬日,
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year after year,
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年復一年,
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just so I could get to understand
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只因為如此一來我才能了解
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the DNA of each neighborhood
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每一個街坊的基因,
09:38
and know what each street felt like.
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以及每一條街傳達的感受。
09:41
I became an incredibly geeky zoning expert,
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我變成超神的區域劃分專家,
09:45
finding ways that zoning could address
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並找到方法讓區域劃分能滿足
09:47
communities' concerns.
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社區所關心的事務。
09:49
So little by little, neighborhood by neighborhood,
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因此,一點一滴、一個個街坊,
09:51
block by block,
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一塊塊街區,
09:53
we began to set height limits
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我們開始限高,
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so that all new development
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如此一來所有新的開發
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would be predictable and near transit.
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都能在預料之中,並且靠近交通運輸區。
10:00
Over the course of 12 years,
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這 12 年來,
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we were able to rezone
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我們重新劃分了
10:04
124 neighborhoods,
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124 個街坊,
10:07
40 percent of the city,
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40% 的城市,
10:09
12,500 blocks, so that now,
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12,500 塊街區,因此到現在,
10:14
90 percent of all new development of New York
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紐約所有新的開發中有 90%
10:17
is within a 10-minute walk of a subway.
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都在步行 10 分鐘能抵達地鐵的位置。
10:20
In other words, nobody in those new buildings
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換句話說,那些新建築裡的居民
10:23
needs to own a car.
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都不需要擁有汽車。
10:24
Well, those rezonings were exhausting
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嗯,那些重劃區域的事讓人疲憊不堪,
10:29
and enervating and important,
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而且讓人無力卻又十分重要,
10:32
but rezoning was never my mission.
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但是重劃區域從來就不是我的任務。
10:34
You can't see zoning and you can't feel zoning.
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你看不見區域劃分,無法感受區域劃分。
10:38
My mission was always to create
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我的任務一向都是打造
10:40
great public spaces.
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完美的公共空間。
10:42
So in the areas where we zoned for significant development,
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因此,在這些我們劃分為 重大發展的區域中,
10:45
I was determined to create places
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我決定打造的空間
10:48
that would make a difference in people's lives.
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是能為人們生活帶來重大改變的地方。
10:50
Here you see what was
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你可以在這裡看到
10:52
two miles of abandoned, degraded waterfront
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兩哩廢棄、破敗的濱水區,
10:55
in the neighborhoods of Greenpoint
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位在布魯克林區的綠點 與威廉斯堡街坊,
10:57
and Williamsburg in Brooklyn,
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impossible to get to and impossible to use.
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根本不可能靠近和使用。
11:02
Now the zoning here was massive,
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這裡的區域劃分規模龐大,
11:04
so I felt an obligation to create
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因此我有責任
在這些濱水區上打造優美的公園,
11:08
magnificent parks on these waterfronts,
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11:11
and I spent an incredible amount of time
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我花了非常多的時間
11:13
on every square inch of these plans.
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在這些計畫中的每一吋土地上。
11:16
I wanted to make sure that there were
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我希望能確定那裡會有
11:18
tree-lined paths from the upland to the water,
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從高地到水域的林蔭步道,
11:21
that there were trees and plantings everywhere,
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到處都有樹木和植栽,
11:23
and, of course, lots and lots of places to sit.
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當然,還要有很多、很多座位。
11:28
Honestly, I had no idea how it would turn out.
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老實說,我不知道結果會如何。
11:31
I had to have faith.
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我必須有信心。
11:33
But I put everything that I had studied and learned
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但我放下所有的事, 為了能研究和了解
11:36
into those plans.
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那些計畫。
11:37
And then it opened,
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啟用後,
11:39
and I have to tell you, it was incredible.
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我得告訴你,那非常棒。
11:42
People came from all over the city
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人們從城市的各個角落
11:44
to be in these parks.
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來到這些公園裡。
11:46
I know they changed the lives of the people who live there,
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我知道那些公園 改變了當地居民的生活,
11:49
but they also changed New Yorkers' whole image
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但它們也改變了紐約客
11:52
of their city.
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對所在城市的整體印象。
11:54
I often come down and watch people
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我常來這看著人們
11:55
get on this little ferry
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搭上這個小渡輪,
11:57
that now runs between the boroughs,
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載著他們在區域間移動,
11:59
and I can't tell you why,
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我不知道為什麼,
12:00
but I'm completely moved
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但我深受感動,
12:02
by the fact that people are using it
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看到人們搭乘渡輪,
12:04
as if it had always been there.
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就像它一直都在似的。
12:06
And here is a new park in lower Manhattan.
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在曼哈頓下城這裡有座新公園。
12:09
Now, the water's edge in lower Manhattan
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曼哈頓下城的水岸
12:12
was a complete mess before 9/11.
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在 911 之前是一團混亂。
12:15
Wall Street was essentially landlocked
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基本上華爾街完全被包圍了,
12:17
because you couldn't get anywhere near this edge.
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因為你完全無法靠近這邊緣。
12:20
And after 9/11, the city had very little control.
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在 911 之後,這座城市缺乏秩序。
12:23
But I thought if we went
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但是我想,如果我們去
12:25
to the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
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曼哈頓下城發展公司
12:27
and got money to reclaim this two miles
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拿點經費開墾這兩哩的
12:30
of degraded waterfront
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破敗濱水區,
12:32
that it would have an enormous effect
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就能大大地影響
12:34
on the rebuilding of lower Manhattan.
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曼哈頓下城的重建。
12:36
And it did.
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結果確實如此。
12:37
Lower Manhattan finally has a public waterfront
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曼哈頓下城終於有了公共濱水區,
12:41
on all three sides.
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三側都有。
12:43
I really love this park.
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我超愛這座公園。
12:45
You know, railings have to be higher now,
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你知道,現在欄杆得再高一點,
12:47
so we put bar seating at the edge,
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因此我們在岸邊放了長條座椅,
12:50
and you can get so close to the water
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你就能親近水域,
12:52
you're practically on it.
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幾乎就在水上方。
12:54
And see how the railing widens
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看看欄杆變寬、變平了,
12:56
and flattens out so you can lay down
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如此一來你就可以擺放
12:57
your lunch or your laptop.
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你的午餐或筆電。
12:59
And I love when people come there
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我超愛人們來到這裡
13:01
and look up and they say,
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擡頭一看後驚呼:
13:03
"Wow, there's Brooklyn, and it's so close."
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「哇!那是布魯克林,好近喔!」
13:07
So what's the trick?
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那麼,訣竅在哪?
13:09
How do you turn a park
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要怎麼把公園轉身一變
13:11
into a place that people want to be?
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成為人們想去的地方?
13:14
Well, it's up to you,
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嗯,全由你決定,
13:17
not as a city planner but as a human being.
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不是以城市規劃師, 而是以一個人類的身分。
13:20
You don't tap into your design expertise.
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你不是運用你的設計專業,
13:24
You tap into your humanity.
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而是運用你的人性。
13:27
I mean, would you want to go there?
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我的意思是,你想去那邊嗎?
13:31
Would you want to stay there?
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你會想待在那裡嗎?
13:33
Can you see into it and out of it?
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你的視線能一望無際嗎?
13:35
Are there other people there?
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有其他人在嗎?
13:37
Does it seem green and friendly?
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看起來充滿綠意和友善嗎?
13:40
Can you find your very own seat?
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你能找到自己的專屬座位嗎?
13:43
Well now, all over New York City,
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現在,在整座紐約市中,
13:46
there are places where you can
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你也可以在一些地方
13:47
find your very own seat.
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找到你的專屬座位了。
13:49
Where there used to be parking spaces,
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那裡原本是停車場,
13:52
there are now pop-up cafes.
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現在變成了流動咖啡店。
13:54
Where Broadway traffic used to run,
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原本百老匯車輛通行的地方,
13:56
there are now tables and chairs.
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現在都是桌椅了。
13:58
Where 12 years ago, sidewalk cafes were not allowed,
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12 年前,這裡禁止設露天咖啡座,
14:02
they are now everywhere.
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現在到處都是。
14:04
But claiming these spaces for public use
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但是將這些空間取回做為公用
14:07
was not simple,
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並非易事,
14:08
and it's even harder to keep them that way.
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而維持公用更是難上加難。
14:10
So now I'm going to tell you a story
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讓我告訴你一個故事,
14:12
about a very unusual park called the High Line.
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是關於名為「空中花園」的非凡之地。
14:16
The High Line was an elevated railway.
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空中花園原本是高架鐵路。
14:18
(Applause)
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(掌聲)
14:25
The High Line was an elevated railway
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空中花園原本是高架鐵路,
14:27
that ran through three neighborhoods
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貫穿三個街區,
14:29
on Manhattan's West Side,
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在曼哈頓西側通行,
14:31
and when the train stopped running,
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當火車停駛後,
14:33
it became a self-seeded landscape,
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這塊地變成了自行生長的荒地,
14:35
a kind of a garden in the sky.
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就像天空中的花園。
14:38
And when I saw it the first time,
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我第一次見到這座公園時,
14:40
honestly, when I went up on that old viaduct,
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老實說,當我踏上那老舊的高架橋時,
14:42
I fell in love the way you fall in love with a person,
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感覺就像和某人陷入熱戀一樣,
14:45
honestly.
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千真萬確。
14:46
And when I was appointed,
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在我上任後,
14:48
saving the first two sections of the High Line
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讓空中花園前兩區 免於拆除的命運
14:51
from demolition became my first priority
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就成了我的首要任務,
14:54
and my most important project.
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以及我最重要的計畫。
14:57
I knew if there was a day that I didn't
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我知道只要有一天
我不擔心空中花園,它就會倒塌。
15:00
worry about the High Line, it would come down.
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15:03
And the High Line,
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空中花園,
15:05
even though it is widely known now
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即使現在已廣為人知
15:08
and phenomenally popular,
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且蔚為風潮,
15:10
it is the most contested public space in the city.
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它仍是城市中最搶手的公共空間。
15:14
You might see a beautiful park,
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也許你看見的是一座美麗花園,
15:16
but not everyone does.
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但並非每個人都有同感。
15:19
You know, it's true, commercial interests
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你知道,事實是商業利益
15:22
will always battle against public space.
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永遠會與公共空間為敵。
15:25
You might say,
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你也許會說:
15:27
"How wonderful it is that more than
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「超過四百萬人 從世界各地來參觀空中花園
15:28
four million people come from all over the world
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15:31
to visit the High Line."
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是多麼美好的事呀!」
15:32
Well, a developer sees just one thing: customers.
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嗯,開發商只看到一件事:顧客。
15:37
Hey, why not take out those plantings
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嘿,何不移走那些植栽,
15:40
and have shops all along the High Line?
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沿著空中花園開些商店?
15:42
Wouldn't that be terrific
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那不是超讚的嗎?
15:43
and won't it mean a lot more money for the city?
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而且還能幫城市賺很多錢吧?
15:46
Well no, it would not be terrific.
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錯了,一點也不讚。
15:48
It would be a mall, and not a park.
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那會變成購物中心,而且不是公園。
15:51
(Applause)
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(掌聲)
15:59
And you know what, it might mean
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你知道嗎?那也許代表了
16:00
more money for the city,
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幫城市賺很多錢,
16:03
but a city has to take the long view,
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但是城市要有遠見,
16:07
the view for the common good.
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公共利益的遠見。
16:10
Most recently, the last section of the High Line,
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最近,空中花園的最後一區,
16:13
the third section of the High Line,
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空中花園的第三區,
16:15
the final section of the High Line,
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空中花園的最後一區,
16:16
has been pitted against development interests,
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已經和發展利益對立,
16:19
where some of the city's leading developers
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部分城市的主要開發商
16:22
are building more than 17 million square feet
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都建設超過 1700 萬平方公尺的
16:24
at the Hudson Yards.
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哈德遜園區 (Hudson Yards)。
16:27
And they came to me and proposed
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他們來找我,提到
16:28
that they "temporarily disassemble"
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他們「暫時拆除」
16:31
that third and final section.
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那第三區,也就是最後一區。
16:34
Perhaps the High Line didn't fit in
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也許空中花園不符合
16:36
with their image of a gleaming city of skyscrapers
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他們印象中在山坡上 閃亮的摩天大樓城市。
16:39
on a hill.
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16:41
Perhaps it was just in their way.
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也許那只是他們的想像。
16:43
But in any case, it took nine months
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但是無論如何,都需要歷經九個月
16:46
of nonstop daily negotiation
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每日不停的協商,
16:48
to finally get the signed agreement
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才能最後簽定協議,
16:50
to prohibit its demolition,
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明文禁止拆除,
16:52
and that was only two years ago.
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而那只是兩年前的事。
16:56
So you see, no matter how popular
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你看,不管一個公共空間可以
16:59
and successful a public space may be,
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有多受歡迎又多成功,
17:01
it can never be taken for granted.
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那都不是理所當然。
17:04
Public spaces always -- this is it saved --
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公共空間永遠 ──這裡被拯救了──
17:06
public spaces always need vigilant champions,
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公共空間永遠都需要有正義使者,
17:10
not only to claim them at the outset for public use,
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不只是在一開始為了 公共使用而爭取所有權,
17:14
but to design them for the people that use them,
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而要為使用者而設計,
17:17
then to maintain them to ensure
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之後維護它們來確保
17:19
that they are for everyone,
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是人人共享,
17:21
that they are not violated, invaded,
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不可侵害、侵犯、
17:24
abandoned or ignored.
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放棄或忽視。
17:26
If there is any one lesson
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如果問我在擔任城市規劃師時
17:28
that I have learned in my life as a city planner,
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學到了什麼寶貴的一課,
17:31
it is that public spaces have power.
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那就是公共空間擁有權力。
17:35
It's not just the number of people using them,
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那不只是和使用的人有關,
17:38
it's the even greater number of people
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也和更多
17:40
who feel better about their city
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對城市感覺變好的人有關,
17:42
just knowing that they are there.
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這關乎於他們 認知到自己身在其中。
17:45
Public space can change how you live in a city,
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公共空間能改變 你在城市的生活方式,
17:49
how you feel about a city,
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你對城市的感受,
17:51
whether you choose one city over another,
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不管你選擇哪一個城市,
17:54
and public space is one of the most important reasons
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公共空間都是你留在這座城市的
17:57
why you stay in a city.
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重要因素之一。
18:00
I believe that a successful city
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我相信一座成功的城市
18:03
is like a fabulous party.
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就像是一場超讚的舞會。
18:05
People stay because they are having a great time.
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人們會留下來是因為 他們擁有了美好時光。
18:09
Thank you.
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謝謝。
18:11
(Applause)
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(掌聲)
18:17
Thank you. (Applause)
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謝謝。(掌聲)
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